Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced that Cadence® digital, signoff and custom/analog tools and flows have achieved v1.0 certification for TSMC’s 12nm FinFET Compact (12FFC) process technology and are production ready for customers seeking to deploy 12FFC. In addition, Cadence IP is ready for design starts on the new 12FFC process. With fully certified Cadence design tools and flows for the TSMC 12FFC process, systems and semiconductor companies can aggressively target emerging mid-range mobility and high-end consumer applications where performance is required within a more efficient area and power profile.

In addition, the Cadence Virtuoso Liberate™ Characterization Solution and the Virtuoso Variety™ Statistical Characterization Solution have been validated to deliver accurate Liberty libraries for the TSMC 12FFC process including advanced timing, noise and power models.

Cadence IP for TSMC 12FFC Process Technology

In addition to the Cadence tools that have been optimized for the 12FFC process technology, a full suite of Cadence interface IP is under development to support this process. Cadence recently taped out its industry-leading flagship 4266 speed-grade LPDDR4/4X PHY, which will be complemented by key Cadence mobility IP suites including MIPI® DPHY, PCI Express® 3.0 (PCIe®3) PHY, USB3.1/USB2 PHY and DPv1.4 PHY IP. The mobility suites are targeted at application processors as well as high-end consumer and IoT applications.

“Mutual customers are demanding the flexibility of multiple performance versus cost points for each unique new SoC project,” said Dr. Anirudh Devgan, executive vice president and general manager of the Digital & Signoff Group and the System & Verification Group at Cadence. “TSMC’s 12FFC process provides all the FinFET process benefits while offering better performance and differentiation. Cadence’s certification for version 1.0 of the 12FFC process signals our readiness to engage with mutual customers today on production designs using familiar tools and flows.”

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